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In a few words Stradella repeated to Pina what Trombin had told him, and in his own anxiety he did not see that she was now very pale, and that her hand shook so violently that she had to set down the lamp she held for fear of dropping it. 'She will be at home in a few minutes, Stradella said in conclusion, trying to reassure himself. 'I will go downstairs again and wait for her.
Trombin and Gambardella did not discuss the situation until this highly accomplished servant of theirs had accompanied them to the dining-room, to push their chairs under them as they sat down, and to assure himself that the table-cloth was spotless and the glasses not only clean but polished. Then he left them to their dinner, which, as he well knew, would last at least two hours.
One hundred gold ducats must be advanced before we start, on account of expenses. Pignaver's sour face twitched at the mention of such sums. 'You set a high price on your services, gentlemen, he said. "Service" is not precisely the word, my lord, said Trombin, desisting from picking the leg of a quail, and staring intently at the masked Senator.
It was not till he was gone and Cucurullo was unpacking his master's things that Trombin, who desired an opportunity of exchanging a few words alone with Stradella, led him to his own room. He carefully closed the door before speaking. 'A word of explanation, Maestro, he said, 'for all this must seem a little incomprehensible to you.
But I feel the superiority of my lot over his in the fact that I am generally the chief actor in my own stories. 'The Queen will be useful, said Gambardella. 'Bless her for an admirably amusing woman! cried Trombin fervently. 'She has the mane of the lion and the heart of the hare! 'The mane happens to be a wig, my friend, sneered the other.
They stopped where a wooden bridge spanned the narrow canal, for all bridges in Venice were not yet built of stone in the year 1670. They had only one thought, and Trombin had already expressed it twice with longing and regret. So far as mere hunger and thirst went, they could satisfy themselves with bread, salt fish and cheese, and a draught of water.
Then the sacristan brought out the register and laid it on the broad polished table on which the vestments were folded, placing pens and ink and the sand-box beside it; and the priest first wrote a few words, to say that he had married the couple by a special dispensation from the Archbishop of Ferrara; and Stradella and Ortensia signed their names, and after them the Bravi, who indeed merely wrote 'Trombin' and 'Gambardella, but managed to make their signatures almost illegible with magnificent flourishes.
The mere fact that the latter had been introduced by the secretary as a Venetian gentleman had filled him with apprehension, and even now he believed that Trombin had probably been sent by Pignaver. As if understanding what passed in Stradella's mind, the Bravo volunteered an explanation. 'A friend of mine and I are travelling southwards on important business, he said.
Stradella was in far too great a hurry to question him, and jumped in at once, glad that Trombin should go with him. The carriage drove away at a smart pace, long before the owners of the other coaches were ready to go home. Before the gateway of the Palazzo Altieri, Stradella got out, and tossed a florin up to the coachman, who caught it with a grin, and drove away at once.
The serving-man they had hired in Venice had been a highway robber for several years, as they were well aware, and in an ordinary situation he might have made away with his masters' valuables, if entrusted with them; but he knew who Trombin and Gambardella were, and what they had done, and his admiration for such very superior cut-throats was boundless.
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